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View Poll Results: Who would you vote for if these ended up being the presidential candidates?

Big government, semi-corporate liberalism is preferable to right-wing populism for me. Now, had this been a Warren vs. Cruz match, I would have to spend a bit more time thinking about that little pickle, for both seem to be far too democratic for my liking.

Sure he is. You don't have to be born IN America to be a natural born American, he just cannot have immigrated and become an American later. Because his parents were Americans, so was he. If Cruz isn't "natural born American" then neither is John McCain, who was born in the Panama Canal Zone.

That doesn't make Cruz worth voting for though, he's still a religious asshat.

McCain was born on a military base, bad example.

I obviously meant any sort of American soil including territories and so on, not just the continental USA, Alaska, and Hawaii. I don't see anything in Cruz' bio that points to this. Feel free to fill me in, as far as I know, he was born in some random Canadian town while his parents were working in the oil business. I'm all ears, well, eyes, on this and will have no problem conceding on this. I don't recall children getting citizenship simply because their parents are American citizens.

"We have more responsibility than power, I think. The newspaper can create great controversies, stir up arguments within the community or discussion, can throw light on injustices....just as it can do the opposite. It can hide things and be a great power for evil." -- Rupert Murdoch, 1968

I'm impressed with the Bernie Sanders/Gary Johnson numbers. A wee little evidence that we need third party participation in our debate process. In fact, at present, it's 30 to 17 against the establishment, woo hoo!

This thread has something you will never see in real life...a libertarian candidate getting votes!

We became a great nation not because we are a nation of cynics. We became a great nation because we are a nation of believers - Lindsey Graham
I’ve always believed that America is an idea, not defined by its people but by its ideals. - Lindsey Graham

I probably won't vote in this particular election compared to having voted in the last two (27 yr old American). I don't like Jeb Bush (No thanks @ fat Miami pseudo Liberal Meximerica guy) and I know Hillary won't win and don't want to feel like a fool for having voted for her.

I do not think Hillary can win though and that is why the DNC pulled Obama out of obscurity to run because DNC insiders knew and still know Hillary won't and can't win because America is a very sexist country and suburban moms will vote with their husbands for GOP plus suburban moms can't stand it that Hillary stayed with Bill Clinton while he cheated with so many women over the years.

This Election is going to be the "Revenge of the Really Pissed Off Fat Suburban Middle Class Election" and I honestly want nothing to do with it. I know what's coming. And it isn't a Hillary win.

I'm impressed with the Bernie Sanders/Gary Johnson numbers. A wee little evidence that we need third party participation in our debate process. In fact, at present, it's 30 to 17 against the establishment, woo hoo!

Because we're on an internet forum. When it came time for people to put their cards on the table last election the enthusiasm for third party candidates evaporated.